Match-safe.



J. S. LUEDTKE.

MATCH SAFE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 6, I914. I 1,114, 1 59. Patented Oct. 20, 1914FIG. 2.

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Application filed March 6,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN S. LUEDTKE, acitizen of the United States, residing at VVykofi, in the county ofFillmore and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and usefulMatch-Safe, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved match safe provided with means fordelivering matches therefrom one at a time and consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafterdescribed andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a front elevation of myimproved match safe. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same and Fig. 3is a vertical section on the line A-Ain Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, .1 is the front wall, 2the side walls and. 3 the rear wall of a downwardly reduced orwedge-shaped box having an upward projection of its rear wall with ahole 4 therein adapted to go upon a nail or other peg in a wall on whichthe box maybe suspended.

Extending horizontally through a narrow space between the lower ends ofthe front and rear wall and journaled in the side walls, is a rock-shaft5, provided at one end with a crank 6. On said shaft are fixedtwo nearlysemi-circular guards or cams 7, each of which is formed with a notch 8and in front thereof with a segmentally curved radial arm 9.

The front wall of the box is provided with notches 10 for the arms 9 toswing into except as to their ends which are too long to pass into thenotches. The rear wall is pro vided with shallower notches 12 serving asclearings for the cams 7.

In the operation of the device, when matches 11 are placed in the box,as shown in Fig. 3, and the crank 6 is turned forwardly, the notches 8will carry one match forward beyond the lower end of the front wall,where the operator can catch it as it rolls down along the then loweredcurved arms 9 (see dotted lines 9 in Fig. 3). During this part of theoperation the curves of the cams support the supply of matches andSpecification of Letters mat.

prevent accidental escape of any part there- Patented 0015204914. 1914.:SerialNo.822,857.

of; when the crank is returned to the normal position the arms 9exert alifting, stirring and pressing action on the lower part of the supply ofmatches, whereby the lowest matches are brought to exact parallelposition to the rear wall and thereby caused to drop only one match at atime downward into the notches 8 the moment the supply is released fromsaid rearward pressure by starting the crank and the arms 9 in theforward direction again. It' will thus be seen that by using only tworesting points, namely in the notches 8 for the match to be delivered,andthe curved arms to press said match against the rear wall of the boxand crowdthe adjacent matches upward, I obviate the usual trouble inmatclrdelivering safes, that the matches will cross each other or beslightly crooked and thereby tangle and clog the delivering mechanism.

hat is claimed is i 1. A match safe comprising a downwardly reduced orwedge-shaped box adapted to be suspended and having in its lower end anarrow slot between the ends of the front and 1 the rear walls, saidlower edge of the front wall having two deep notches, a shaftjournaled'in the side walls of thebox and extending along the slot andhaving at one end a crank, two half-moon shaped'cams fixed on the shaftonefin line with each notch in the front wall; said camshaving each anarm arranged to swingin one of the notches p and curved rearwardlyintermediate lts ends so as to almost reach the rear wall of the boxwithout getting its free end into the. notch, said cams having alsoeacha matchcarrying notch close by the rear side of each radial arm.

2. A match safe comprising a downwardly reduced or wedge-shaped boxadapted to be suspended and having in its lower end a narrow slotbetween the ends of the front and the rear walls,.said lower edge ofthefront wall having two deep notches, a shaft journaled in the side wallsof the box and ex' tending along the slot and having at one end a crank,twohalf-moon shaped c'ands fixed on the shaft one in line with eachnotch in the front wall; saidcams having each an arm arranged to swingin one of the notches and curved rearwardly intermediate In testimonywhereof I afiix my signature, is eknds so ais to almost reach the rearWall of in presence of two Witnesses.

t e 0X Wit 1out getting its free end. into the r T 7 notch, said camshaving also each a match- JOHI LUEDTIXE' carrying notch close by therear side of each Y Dessgs? radial arm, said rear Wall having clearingsFRED VVENDORF, J12, for the rear portions of the cams. FRED VVENDORF.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

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